Japanese corvette Katsuragi
| 300px Katsuragi | |
| Career | Japanese Navy Ensign |
|---|---|
| Name: | Katsuragi |
| Ordered: | 1882 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1883 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1885 |
| Commissioned: | 4 November 1887 |
| Struck: | 1911 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 11 April 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,500 t (1,476 long tons) |
| Length: | 62.78 m (206 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power: | 1,622 ihp (1,210 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × horizontally-mounted reciprocating steam engine 4 boilers 2 × screws |
| Sail plan: | Barque-rigged sloop-of-war (3 × masts) |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Capacity: | 132 t (146 short tons) coal |
| Complement: | 231 |
| Armament: |
2 × 170 mm (6.7 in) Krupp breech-loading guns 5 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 1 × 80 mm (3.1 in) gun 16 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Nordenfelt guns (4x4) 2 × 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes |
IJN Katsuragi (葛城 (スループ) Katsuragi suru-pu) was the lead ship in the Katsuragi-class corvette of three wooden, armed sloops of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named for Mount Katsuragi located between Osaka and Nara prefectures. The name was used again for the World War II aircraft carrier Katsuragi.
History
Although described by the rather ambiguous terms "gunboat" or "corvette", Katsuragi was designed as a three-masted bark-rigged sloop-of-war. Its basic design was based on experience gained in building Kaimon and the Hiei-class sloops, but was already somewhat obsolescent in comparison to contemporary European warships when completed.
Katsuragi saw combat service in the First Sino-Japanese War, patrolling between Korea, Dairen and Weihaiwei. It was also at the Battle of Yalu River (1894) in a reserve capacity in the Western Fleet.
After the war, Katsuragi was designated a third-class gunboat, and was used for coastal survey and patrol duties.
On 6 October 1900, Katsuragi ran aground off of Izu Ōshima island. It took over a month to refloat her, after which she underwent extensive repairs at Yokosuka.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Katsuragi served as a guard ship in Nagasaki harbor. It was reclassified as a second class coastal patrol vessel after the war, and was retired and scrapped in 1911.
References
- Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002, ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press (1976). ISBN 087021893X
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN". Imperial Japanese Navy. http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0615.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
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